Humidor



June 22 1926. 1,589,369

. W. H. CONNER HUMIDOR Filed Jan. 26, 1925 INVENTOR. WILLIAFI "H: QQHUi IIQ v A TTORNE Y.

Patented June 22, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. CONNER, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, ASSIGN'OR TO CHAS. C. MADDY, O

OT'IUMWA, IOWA.

HUMIDOR.

Application filed January 26, 1925. Serial No. 4,794.

My invention relates to a humidor. The objects of which are as follows:

First, to provide a pense moisture t device that will discigars contained in an 111- dividual cigar box which device is attached thereto.

Third, to provlde a fluid container for the above purpo ses that may be inverted or tumbled about without spilling the contents.

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. l.is an end view of the humidor having a cigar box mounted thereon parts broken away for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 2-is a fragmentary top view parts broken away for convenience of lllustration.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2:

1 denotes a rectangular metallic box, shallow proportionately to its length and breadth which are slightly greater than those of a cigar box.

Ears 2 are provided at the corners, to receive the corners of a cigar box, 3. In the top and bottom of the box 1 are drilled a large number of holes, the relative arrangement of which is clearly indicated.

Soldered to or within each of said holes is a short piece of it or l extends i the opposite wall of the receptacle.

tubing, 4 or t. Each tube nwardly and stops short of As shown, no tube will be in contact with any other.

The bottom E is held above the supporting surface by integral bosses 5, which permit free access of lower tubes 4.

air to the orifices of the This feature is not essential in a single-box humidor, but when the humidor is placed in a cigar case, cake box, or the like, the importance of this feature will be readily understood.

This humidor is charged with water by immersing it in water for only a-sufiicient time to admit small quantity, as indicated in Figure l, the top of the liquid being below the bottoms of the upper series of tubes.

A cigar box (3) is prepared for use on 5 this humidor by removing its bottom. Thus the lower tier of cigars will rest upon the top of the humidor. The space disclosed between these is merely a diagrammatic feature of the drawing. Dry air. enters through the lower tubes 4, takes up water vapor, and flows upward through the upper tubes 4 into the cigar box, wherein it fills all spaces around the cigars.

Cartons of cigarettes may be conditioned 6 in the same way, after removal of the bot tom of the carton.

It is to be observed that when charged with toilet water or perfume water, humidors of the construction disclosed may be placed in clothes cabinets, closets, chests or trunks, for the purpose of perfuming garments or fabrics stored in such places.

I claim- I In a humidor for individual cigar-boxes, a shallow rectangular casing including a perforated top and a perforated bottom, bosses on said bottom, and air tubes permanently fitted in all such perforations, said tubes extending vertically in said casing and those associated with the top and bottom respectively having their inner ends in diiferent planes.

WILLIAM H. CONNER. 

